Rui (Sese) Qi

Ms. Qi’s recent experience includes advising:

• BlackRock in its acquisition of Preqin at an enterprise value of £2.55 billion
• Blackstone in the financing for the establishment of a reinsurance syndicate at Lloyd’s that will be a multiyear participant on AIG’s outwards reinsurance program
• Castik Capital in connection with the financing of its acquisitions of ipan and Delegate
• Central Group and SIGNA Group in connection with the financing of their £4 billion acquisition of the Selfridges chain of department stores
• Citibank as mandated lead arranger of the $1.2 billion term loan facility for Qatar Aluminium Limited, the joint venture vehicle of Qatar Petroleum and Norsk Hydro ASA
• CVC Capital Partners in connection with various portfolio company financings, including:
  • a €1.2 billion financing for Bosch’s packaging technology business unit (now Syntegon)
  • a €1.1 billion financing for Sebia, a global specialty diagnostic company
• the Ferrero family office and related investment vehicles in connection with the financing of its acquisitions of:
  • Ferrara Candy Company
  • Nestlé’s U.S. confectionary assets and related intellectual property
  • Kelsen Group AS from Campbell Soup Company
  • Fox's Biscuits Limited
• the Ferrero family office and related investment vehicles in connection with a €1.5 billion margin loan facility
• Global Auto Holdings in connection with the financing of its $654 million recommended cash acquisition of Lookers plc
• Goldman Sachs as mandated lead arranger of €645 million term loan facility of Beauparc, a portfolio company of Macquarie
• H.I.G. Capital in connection with the financings of its take-private acquisition of DX (Group) plc - Iceland Foods in connection with its super senior revolving credit facility
• JAB Holdings in connection with over €12 billion of credit facilities for JAB and its investment vehicles and portfolio companies
• JDE Peet’s N.V. in the €6.5 billion refinancing of its existing indebtedness
• Key Safety Systems, Inc. in the cross-border financing of its $1.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the assets and operations of Takata Corporation as part of Takata’s Chapter 11 case, secured by assets located in over 30 jurisdictions
• the lenders in a new $120 million revolving credit facility for Ivanhoe Minesthe lenders in a new $120 million revolving credit facility for Ivanhoe Mines
• Outokumpu in connection with its €700 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility
• Sampo in connection with its debt financing to support its joint offeror £1.66 billion takeover bid for Hastings Group Holdings plc
• SDC Capital Partners LLC in connection with a green loan financing for the construction and fit-out of a purpose-built 56 MW data centre near Frankfurt, Germany
• Speciality Chemicals International in connection with its super senior revolving credit facility
• Silver Lake Partners in numerous financings, including in connection with its acquisitions of:
  • Silae SAS, a cloud-based payroll and HR software specialist, as well as its subsequent leveraged recapitalisation
  • Groupe Meilleurtaux, a leading French online and mobile financial services provider
• UCB Inc. in connection with:
  • its €1 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility
  • the financing of its $1.9 billion acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Zogenix Inc.
  • its $2.3 billion acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• V Sports S.C.S. in connection with its investment in Aston Villa Football Club